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#1 Feb 28 2011 at 7:39 AM Rating: Decent
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Do you folks think you could level entirely from gathering professions? You get a boatload of exp from gathering, so I wonder if you could do it...

I might just create a character to try it.
#2 Feb 28 2011 at 12:44 PM Rating: Good
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You could, technically, but it would take a LONG, LONG TIME.

If you add in Archaeology, it'll go much faster. But still not nearly as fast as leveling normally.
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#3 Feb 28 2011 at 1:32 PM Rating: Decent
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Idiggory, I get the feeling sometimes that you and I are the only people that post on this site anymore, well outside of the priest forums.

In an unrelated bit, I had no idea that Archaeology gave exp...

Edited, Feb 28th 2011 2:33pm by Moonkissed
#4 Feb 28 2011 at 3:29 PM Rating: Good
It's absolutely possible. There's another site I go to occasionally to talk about WoW related stuff, and someone posted on there that they had done it.
#5 Feb 28 2011 at 5:21 PM Rating: Good
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That's because I spend a lot of time avoiding the work I should be doing. I can't justify playing WoW with the pile there, but stopping by allah every 5 minutes isn't so bad.

Like right now, for example. I should be studying for my French History midterm tomorrow. :3

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#6 Feb 28 2011 at 5:45 PM Rating: Good
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In an unrelated bit, I had no idea that Archaeology gave exp...


Quite a bit, actually. Each dig gives a % of your total exp (higher level areas give a slightly higher %, if I understand correctly).

So, my DK says that it takes 1,683,600 experience to get from 80 to 81.

A successful dig gives 5,5000 exp, which is .325%. Rested exp will apply, doubling it. So it'll take about 300 digs to get one level (I assume this is true of any level). So from 20-85 (64 levels), it will take about 19,200 digs. Cut that in half if you only dig when rested.

A successful mining job of Obsidian gives 2,200 exp, a much lower % of my total, and lower tiers give less. So while I could level by just running around zones getting ore/herbs, it would take much longer. Each would give me less exp than a dig, and I have to rely on luck to actually find them. Not so much an issue at lower levels, but can definitely be annoying higher up. Of course, you'll probably mine more per hour than dig at lower levels, but once you get an epic flyer archaeology is super fast.
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#8 Feb 28 2011 at 10:34 PM Rating: Default
Moonkissed wrote:
Do you folks think you could level entirely from gathering professions? You get a boatload of exp from gathering, so I wonder if you could do it...

I might just create a character to try it.


I pretty much did this on my Fury Warrior. I leveled him from 80-85 and outside of mining, I did only;
1) Dal and Org dailies for Cooking, Fishing, and JC.
2) Archaeology to 205.

Because I can play a lot very late at night I could do an awful lot of mining in Deepholm and Uldum with little or no competition for nodes. That helped.
#9 Mar 02 2011 at 7:13 PM Rating: Good
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I know a lot of people who leveled up pretty well from 83-85 when whiptail was spawning wildly. Too bad that's not the case anymore.
#10 Mar 03 2011 at 1:02 AM Rating: Decent
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Do you folks think you could level entirely from gathering professions?


You could but normal questing and instances will go faster, hell, I'd bet that leveling via BGs only would probably even be faster.

That said, if you've got a toon that doesn't "need" a tradeskill then herb/mining will certainly speed up its leveling nicely and if you need to go on a gathering binge to level a tradeskill and you've got a lower level alt that can survive the zones you need to farm the mats in then its definitely worth your while to let that alt do the gathering for you.

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In an unrelated bit, I had no idea that Archaeology gave exp...


Dear God yes!

I effectively leveled my hunter to 85 almost entirely on rested archaeology (yes, rested XP bonus does count towards Arch, no clue if the heirloom gear does as didn't have any at the time) - the pay off per dig is obscene.
#11 Apr 11 2011 at 6:47 AM Rating: Excellent
And now it has been done. A level 85 with no kills, not even a critter. Herbalism, Mining, and Archaeology.

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Edited, Apr 11th 2011 8:48am by dadanox
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#12 Apr 11 2011 at 8:24 AM Rating: Excellent
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The Honorable dadanox wrote:
And now it has been done. A level 85 with no kills, not even a critter. Herbalism, Mining, and Archaeology.

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Kinda surprised she doesn't have any gear. I mean, the AH is still available and I'm sure that selling all those materials would be a fine source of income.
#13 Apr 11 2011 at 12:19 PM Rating: Good
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The Honorable dadanox wrote:
And now it has been done. A level 85 with no kills, not even a critter. Herbalism, Mining, and Archaeology.

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Kinda surprised she doesn't have any gear. I mean, the AH is still available and I'm sure that selling all those materials would be a fine source of income.


She probably just likes the look of her character dressed that way, or figured there were less repair bills. I could see myself doing some crazy project like this. It's an easier one than reaching 85 without ever dieing, which also has been done.
#14 Apr 11 2011 at 3:59 PM Rating: Decent
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Wow... that is crazy. I guess someone just had the time.
#15 Apr 12 2011 at 12:49 PM Rating: Excellent
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Hmm. Could you gather enough to pay for a flyer (basically required for Arch) without another toon bankrolling you, if you didn't kill anything, which eliminates the possibility of both drops and quest rewards (with the exception of daily fishing/cooking, which pay bupkis if you still get XP from them)? I suppose so, if that's all you were doing...
#16 Apr 12 2011 at 2:00 PM Rating: Good
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Hmm. Could you gather enough to pay for a flyer (basically required for Arch) without another toon bankrolling you, if you didn't kill anything, which eliminates the possibility of both drops and quest rewards (with the exception of daily fishing/cooking, which pay bupkis if you still get XP from them)? I suppose so, if that's all you were doing...


Dude Some low herbs/metals would go for insane amounts in the mid range of the gathering skills. It might have changed but overall this person probably has 310% + a few ten thousand gold. Unless a ton has changed in a the few months I've been un-playing.
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#17 Apr 12 2011 at 4:51 PM Rating: Good
ElMuneco wrote:
Hmm. Could you gather enough to pay for a flyer (basically required for Arch) without another toon bankrolling you, if you didn't kill anything, which eliminates the possibility of both drops and quest rewards (with the exception of daily fishing/cooking, which pay bupkis if you still get XP from them)? I suppose so, if that's all you were doing...


I got my first epic flyer from herbalism alone in Outlands. I just got up a little early before work and did the rounds in Terrokar and Netherstorm. Now that you can track both herbs and minerals easily at the same time, you could make an insane amount of money with it.

Hmm, I'm getting the idea for a fun project.... I'm seriously thinking of leveling a character only through gathering, and seeing how much money I would have accumulated at each level. I won't go out of my way to kill anything, and my main will only supply some bags, heirloom gear, and 5g.

Edited, Apr 12th 2011 7:18pm by dadanox
#18 Apr 12 2011 at 5:53 PM Rating: Excellent
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The Honorable dadanox wrote:
I got my first epic flyer from herbalism alone in Outlands. I just got up a little early before work and did the rounds in Terrokar and Netherstorm. Now that you can track both herbs and minerals easily at the same time, you could make an insane amount of money with it.

Yeah, I wasn't thinking it through. The gold per hour isn't awesome, but it doesn't have to be. Especially with dual-tracking and (probably more importantly) earlier mounts. Combined with the fact that you're spending all your time on it, and that it kind of scales inversely with your level relative to the other things you aren't doing.
#19 Apr 13 2011 at 8:38 AM Rating: Good
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Depending on your server, you'd be able to buy epic flying by level 30.
I'm not kidding, most of my toons have about 1k gold around level 45 without any special effort towards gathering.
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